Difference between Generation and Genesis

What is the difference between Generation and Genesis?

Generation as a noun is the act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals. while Genesis as a noun is the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.

Generation

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals. Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc That which is generated or brought forth; progeny; offspring. A period of around thirty years, the average amount of time before a child takes the place of its parents. A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy, or collectively the body of people who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one time. Race; kind; family; breed; stock. The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude; as, the generation of a line or curve by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc. The aggregate of the functions and phenomena which attend reproduction.

Example sentence: I am Warhol. I am the No. 1 most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh.

Genesis

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.

Example sentence: I always look for genuineness. If I feel I can connect with the audience, I will try to develop it. For example, the genesis of 'Kannathil Muthamittal' was an article published in a magazine.

We hope you now know whether to use Generation or Genesis in your sentence.

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